Summary
A woman, Natasha Lyonne, who can always tell when people are lying heads out on the road to solve crimes. It is such a simple premise you wonder why it hasn’t been done before.
Rian Johnson is a controversial figure, a man of highs and lows, sometimes he makes something very good Looper sometimes he makes something very bad The Last Jedi. His Knives Out films were woefully not of the same quality, with the Netflix sequel being dumber and more distracted. Clearly he was working on other things whilst writing it. As such this series could have either been great or terrible, there was no room for in between.
Turns out life won’t be put in a box and despite my previous statement this is a pretty mixed show.
Now there are some things that it does well Lyonne is a strong and likable lead and you care about what happens to her character. I think if you had got someone who was less affable to do this show then it would have just been bad, as even in some of the harder to get through episodes Lyonne’s charm just about makes it bearable.
The episodes themselves fall into more of a villain of the week sort of thing, though the series tries for a wider overarching plot, for the most part it is oh the lead has tripped over a corpse better find out who killed them. Some of these episodes are good, usually the ones with notable guest stars who get to have fun, but some aren’t. The issue with villain of the week storytelling is that not all the episodes are created equal, some get the guest stars and more time to do interesting things and some are filler, and that is not just true here but in a lot of shows.
The issue with this show is that it can have a few bad episodes in a row before you get a good one and because of that it is a slog to get through.
If you are a Knives Out fan then you will almost certainly be into this show.
Overall, fun at times but mostly slow and predictable.
2.5/5
Pros.
Lyonne
Some of the episodes are fun
It has some good ideas
Cons.
Some of the episodes are dull
It is not as smart as it thinks it is
The ending is underwhelming
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